Best and worst degrees for getting a high salary job?

She's a contractor in RBS, currently working in PPI but will soon start a qualification so she can advise. Thinking she'll probably move to mortgage/ loan advisory after that

What do you consider the greatest piece of art to have ever been created?

Maybe Hamlet, the Mona Lisa, Beethoven's 9th...?

These were all created without a government subsidy because consumers were willing to pay for them. The argument that without government intervention no art would exist is a flawed one because, in my opinion, the greatest pieces of art were created free from government intervention.

I think you would be hard pressed to argue that if we cut government funding for arts Shakespeare's reputation would plunge and we would struggle to attract tourists to his theater.

How about we scrap all funding for art, lower taxes and let people decide what they spend their money on?

Cacra is the kind of person nobody wants as a mate.

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Cacra is the kind of person nobody wants as a mate.

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The ppi thing is horrible. Shes on 32k cos shes on a dayrate in london the same job gets 190 a day. Yes I did the same job as your sister for a bit. But they do pay for the diploma in financial planning thing so it could be worse I suppose.

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Cacra is the kind of person nobody wants as a mate.

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Ah, let me guess, English lit student?
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Biology.

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£19k average salary?

Ouch

Only an idiot would make the immediate assumption that I want to be a biologist when I graduate or that I want to remain in the UK. Nonetheless, if I find a biologist job with a 19k initial salary and opportunity to progress, which I enjoy, I'd take it.

The thing is, that figure doesn't take into account what you want to do. It only takes into account what actual people with Biology degrees do do, regardless of where they live. I'm sure you are aware that jobs in Biology are extremely hard to come by, that's why the salary is so low; you learning skills that are essentially useless in the workplace.

Computer Science should be on that list. A 2.1 from a RG uni can get you into a 30k+ starting salary job.

Only an idiot would make the immediate assumption that I want to be a biologist when I graduate or that I want to remain in the UK. Nonetheless, if I find a biologist job with a 19k initial salary and opportunity to progress, which I enjoy, I'd take it.

You live in the UK and study Biology? Guess I'm an idiot then as it seems a very reasonable assumption.

And the most complex forms of literature which arose during the modernist period, including works such as Ulysses, Finnigans Wake, etc, wouldn't exist without artistic subsidies.

Sure it is a reasonable assumption, but it is smarter to not make such assumptions at all.

You live in the UK and study Biology? Guess I'm an idiot then as it seems a very reasonable assumption.

Don't get your panties in a bunch. Yes, liberal arts students from Oxbridge or even RG universities can do well for themselves... But is it really the most useful subject? No. Does it give you any real practical skill? No. Does it prepare you for jobs that matter? No. Not the best way to go about your future now, is it? Especially if you are not an over-privileged academic drone. This "follow your heart" nonsense can get quite expensive, you know. And it is quite clear that this factor did not matter to you at all when you made the choice. For some people it does, A LOT.

Whether people like to admit it or not, for most of them, going to university essentially boils down to the sacrifice of time and financial resources in order to become better qualified in order to secure a better future for themselves and their potential families. Nobody who cares even remotely about the factors presented above would risk all of that to study History at university level. No offense.

A degree in history by itself does not prepare you for much. "Academic ability and flexibility" means absolutely nothing and it is not exactly in demand in the real world. I am sure that even Harvard Women/Gender Studies graduates can go on and on how academically demanding their course was, but I doubt that anyone cares. Getting things done is what actually matters.

I find your last paragraph more of an emotional outburst than a rational statement so let me point some things out for you:
1. Life does not revolve around getting in Oxbridge.
2. Recruiters for STEM jobs couldn't care less about your "academic" background. Can you do the job? Yes - good. No - **** off. Of course, there are a lot more things that go into the mix such as your attitude, motivation etc. You are expected to present a mix of practical skills/abilities/knowledge of actual value which are appropriate for the job. Otherwise you go for IB, law, consulting, the typical corporate jobs, w/e it is that is not a meritocracy and relies more on background and/or brown-nosing and shamelessly sucking dick uhhhhh, excuse me, NETWORKING is what they call it, I believe.
3. Anyone who expects things to be handed to him/her just because of the university he/she attended will never achieve anything of significance.

Don't get me wrong - I thoroughly enjoy reading about classical antiquity in my spare time, so I have nothing against History.

That is what I have to say on the matter I guess.

Excuse my non-Oxbridge, plebeian opinion, m'lord.